Porsche To Offer 6-Cylinder 'Touring' Versions Of 718 Boxster And Cayman
Porsche has been testing for quite some time now the new GT4 version of the 718 Cayman but it appears that there are more six-cylinder models coming to the mid-engine Boxster and Cayman range. Last time we spotted Porsche working on one of its six-cylinder mid-engine models other than the GT4 was back in February, with a 718 Boxster being then tested in cold-weather conditions. This time though we get both the Boxster and the Cayman in a more familiar territory, the Nurburgring. The six-cylinder variants are also expected to employ the naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six unit from the 911 GT3, albeit with less power than the upcoming 718 Cayman GT4. It鈥檚 believed that these new 718 Boxster and Cayman models will be positioned as the 鈥淭ouring鈥?versions of the hardcore Spyder and GT4 models respectively. Porsche has reworked the naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine to be compliant with the latest Euro 6d emission regulations, adding the necessary petrol particulate filters, new high-pressure injectors and new individual throttle bodies. The latest version of this screamer of an engine has debuted in the new 911 Speedster. This will also mark the return of the six-cylinder engine back into the regular Boxster and Cayman, which after the 718 update were left available only with a pair of turbocharged flat-four units. And while these four-cylinder powertrains have made the compact Porsche sports cars faster than ever, many have criticized them heavily, mostly due to their boring, muffled soundtrack.
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In 1968 he took their top finish with a second place in the Belgian Grand Prix at the old long Spa Franchorchamps circuit and then beat that with a victory for B.R.M. 1970. A second B.R.M. 1971 in the non-championship Oulton Park Spring Trophy race. 1971 could have been Pedro's year in F1 and he was high in the championship when he was killed in a sports car race at the Norisring. Both his team mates were to win races later in the year. Pedro had a long and successful career in Sports Cars and although he is best remembered for his Porsche 917 drives, he won the 1968 Le Mans 24 hours in a Ford GT40 and had many success in NART Ferraris. His only other GP win had been in South Africa in 1967 in the last victory for the Cooper-Maserati after local John Love had had to pit for fuel.
Only two men scored more than one World Championship Grand Prix victory in a B.R.M. Jackie Stewart was one of them. Jackie spent his first three seasons driving for the team and scored the first of his two B.R.M. 1965 Italian G.P. in his debut season. Another victory came in the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. The 1967 season was much more difficult due to the uncompetitive nature of the car but he did get a second place at Spa. Jackie won the 1966 Tasman Series for B.R.M. His other B.R.M.victory was his first ever F.1. 1965 International Trophy at Silverstone. As he scored ten of their seventeen World Championship victories and was the only driver to win a World Championship in a B.R.M., there is no doubt as to who is in the number one spot. It has to be Graham Hill. He took the championship for B.R.M in 1962 with victories in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and South Africa.
In 1963, 1964 and 1965 he finished second in the championship after a hat trick of wins over the three years in both the Monaco G.P. Graham also scored a number of non-championship victories for B.R.M. I'd also have liked to have added Clay Regazzoni to the list if only for his pole position in the 1973 Argentine G.P. Probably the biggest omission from this list is Riche Ginther who finished 3rd in the World Championship driving a B.R.M. 1963 with second places in Monaco, Italy and the USA. However, he never managed a win for B.R.M. After leaving them he did at least score a victory for Honda in the last race of 1.5 litre era in the 1965 Mexican G.P. Probably the greatest driver ever to drive for B.R.M. Juan-Manuel Fangio who had a stirring drive for them in 1953 at Albi including winning the first heat but he never finished a race in the unreliable V16. Some drivers who did score minor wins for the works B.R.M. Froilan Gonzales (2 wins at Goodwood in 1952) , Ron Flockhart (1959 Lady Wigram Trophy and Silver City Trophy) Ken Wharton (1953 Goodwood).